A woman, who returned to her destroyed home in Meiktila, recovers pieces of a burnt Hindu book explaining the teachings of Islam. The Muslim community started a 7 day clean up program escorted by armed police.

Muslims return to their destroyed homes, under police protection, and start a 7 days clean up process after the March riots in Meiktila. According to Human Rights Watch, more than 820 buildings were completely destroyed and 44 people were killed.

Floating garden in Inle Lake, Myanmar, where people grow many different kinds of vegetables which are later exported to other parts of the country. The bases of the gardens are made from bamboo, which floats on the water.
There are thousands of people living in the area of Inle Lake, their small pole houses stand around the lake. They have floating gardens to grow vegetables and catch fish with traditional hand-made baskets.

Family on the boat in Inle Lake, Myanmar.
In the whole region of Inle Lake there are many floating villages, where people live in small stilt houses. They also have floating gardens, where they grow many different kinds of vegetables not only for themselves but also for exportation. Boats are the main means of transportation.

Men are working in the floating garden in Inle Lake, Myanmar. Many different kinds of vegetables are grown there and later exported to other parts of the country. The base of the gardens are made from bamboo, which floats on the water.

There are thousands of people living in the area of Inle Lake, their small pole houses stand around the lake. They have floating gardens to grow vegetables and catch fish with traditional hand-made baskets.

Boys are going from the floating village to the football training in the mainland village by the Inle Lake, Myanmar.

In the whole region of Inle Lake there are many floating villages, where people live in small pole houses. They also have floating gardens, where they grow many different kinds of vegetables not only for themselves but also for exportation. Boats are the main mean of transportation.

A boy is paddling boat with his leg. This is a traditional way of rowing in the area of Inle Lake, Myanmar. Locals say, that rowing standing is much better, as one can see all the obstacles that might be on the way underwater. There are thousands of people living in the are of Inle Lake. Their small pole houses stand around Inle Lake, they have floating gardens to grow vegetables and catch fish with traditional hand-made baskets.

When “TJ” feels the need to vent he goes to Mandalay Hill, a complex of Buddhist temples in a hill overseeing the city, and shouts to the wind “Chit Tal! Chit Tal!” (“I love you” in Burmese) to his “virtual” boyfriend.

Rohingya refugee Zora Hatu, 30, with her seven months old son Umar at the unofficial camp of Pauk Taw for internally displaced people at Manzee Junction near Sittwe Burma. She arrived at the camp five months ago.